"This incident provides a perfect example of why we are in the process of purchasing officer worn body cameras (video and audio recordings) so incidents like this will be fully documented."

Not that is a statement where police gets my respect. We need more of that.

Umm, so they expect this to keep happening and they just want to document it instead of prevent it?

Documenting it is the first step to preventing it. How can you act on something when you do not know or am not sure what is happening? Not sure what ground there is to try and pick at the statement above.

Control the cops with ease just by having multiple videos of any event they are involved in. They cannot lie to the monitor in a court room. Always remember, the cops work for US and the Office of Professional Standards is fully tax payer funded. You literary own the cops. Don't let them forget that for a second. When they do, fire them outright. Have no mercy on them what so ever.

This isn't that big of a surprise to me. I've heard a lot of stories about cozy relationships between local law enforcement and the Major Universities. If this had just been some random party that had not involved UT, I doubt anything would have happened to this cop.

captcaveman:Control the cops with ease just by having multiple videos of any event they are involved in. They cannot lie to the monitor in a court room. Always remember, the cops work for US and the Office of Professional Standards is fully tax payer funded, and traffic tickets, and redlight cameras, and property forfeiture, and.. and.. . You literary own the cops. Don't let them forget that for a second. When they do, fire them outright. Have no mercy on them what so ever.

When I was doing security, there were cops that I dreaded be called onto the scene if we needed them for an ejection. Luckily, our crew often worked out at a gym where a lot of the local cops trained, and we talked a lot, and those officers were slowly weeded out from calls to the club, because we weren't dicks about it, but most cops just want to get through a night without any real trouble. They have to be ready for it, but no one really wants that sh*t. Dealing with the public, and not at their best, that does wear on folks. I quit doing security, because people just suck when they're in public sometimes, and the first New Year that I DIDN'T have to talk to the police or an EMT, that was amazing. Doing that every day? With a big ass target on my ass? No, thank you.

I have a lot of respect for the police in general. It's a hard job, most of the folks within our police forces are decent and it only takes a few incidents to tarnish the rest of the force, and make everyone's life harder for it. Good on them for this, and hopefully it will be a wake up call for the rest.

hubiestubert:I have a lot of respect for the police in general. It's a hard job, most of the folks within our police forces are decent and it only takes a few incidents to tarnish the rest of the force, and make everyone's life harder for it. Good on them for this, and hopefully it will be a wake up call for the rest.

When I was doing security, there were cops that I dreaded be called onto the scene if we needed them for an ejection. Luckily, our crew often worked out at a gym where a lot of the local cops trained, and we talked a lot, and those officers were slowly weeded out from calls to the club, because we weren't dicks about it, but most cops just want to get through a night without any real trouble. They have to be ready for it, but no one really wants that sh*t. Dealing with the public, and not at their best, that does wear on folks. I quit doing security, because people just suck when they're in public sometimes, and the first New Year that I DIDN'T have to talk to the police or an EMT, that was amazing. Doing that every day? With a big ass target on my ass? No, thank you.

I have a lot of respect for the police in general. It's a hard job, most of the folks within our police forces are decent and it only takes a few incidents to tarnish the rest of the force, and make everyone's life harder for it. Good on them for this, and hopefully it will be a wake up call for the rest.

It's got to be frustrating as hell sometimes but there is no excuse for what they did. It looked as if it were a standard routine and the 2 officers holding the guy should be charged as well.

I watched the video yesterday. That (former) officer had such a dead look on his face while he did it. He enjoyed it way too much. I wonder if there have been a series of "accidents" on his watch. It deserves a look.

Dont worry, the police union will get him his job back (with back pay) in a few short weeks.

Worked for the cop in Philly that was caught on camera punching a woman in the face. He got fired, but the union got a review board to do a frame by frame investigation of the film (Zapruder style) and they concluded that he didnt punch her in the face; he was slapping the drink out of her hand and as she stepped BACKWARDS, she tripped on a can on the ground and fell FORWARDS into his closed fist. Job reinstated with full back pay.

grinding_journalist:hubiestubert: I have a lot of respect for the police in general. It's a hard job, most of the folks within our police forces are decent and it only takes a few incidents to tarnish the rest of the force, and make everyone's life harder for it. Good on them for this, and hopefully it will be a wake up call for the rest.

So you're saying it's just a few bad apples?

Your story seems to imply there are only a few good apples.

In the barrel of apples, one bad apple is the start. Soon, all the apples are rotten.

This is not inconsistent. The bad cop made the mistakes of attacking a white affluent kid AND getting caught on video.

This is not a case of the other cops being awesome. This is a case of them thowing a fellow cop under the bus to protect themselves and their department.

They did the right thing, but let's not get carried away and assume they did it BECAUSE it was the right thing. Prior evidence leans against this being the motivation. I assume it was self-preservation for the bad cop's management.

Dick Gozinya:Dont worry, the police union will get him his job back (with back pay) in a few short weeks.

Worked for the cop in Philly that was caught on camera punching a woman in the face. He got fired, but the union got a review board to do a frame by frame investigation of the film (Zapruder style) and they concluded that he didnt punch her in the face; he was slapping the drink out of her hand and as she stepped BACKWARDS, she tripped on a can on the ground and fell FORWARDS into his closed fist. Job reinstated with full back pay.